An old map showing the Chernigov Governorate.

The Chernigov Governorate (Russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: Chernigovskaya guberniya; Ukrainian: Чернігівська губернія, translit.: Chernihivs`ka guberniya) is an administrative territorial unit in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1796. Its administrative center was the city of Chernigov (Chernihiv). The governorate consisted of 15 uyezds: Borzna, Glukhov (Hlukhiv), Gorodnia (Horodnia), Kozelets, Konotop, Krolevets, Nizhen (Nizhyn), Novgorod-Seversky (Novhorod-Siverskyi), Oster, Sosnitsia (Sosnytsia), Chernigov (within the boundaries of Ukrainian ethnic territory) and Mglin, Novozybkov, Starodub, and Surazh (part of a mixed Ukrainian–Belarusian–Russian ethnic territory). There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ... Romanization or Latinization of Ukrainian denotes a system for representing the Ukrainian language in Latin letters. ... Left-bank Ukraine (Ukrainian: Лівобережна Україна Russian: Левобережная Украина, Polish: Lewobrzeżna Ukraina ): historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnipro River, comprising the modern-day regions of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy and the eastern part of the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions, in Russian histories... Official language Russian Official Religion Russian Orthodox Christianity Capital Saint Petersburg (Petrograd 1914-1925) Area Approx. ... Chernihiv or Chernigov is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the capital of Chernihiv Oblast (province). ... Uyezd or uezd (Russian: ) was an admistrative subdivision of Rus, Muscovy, and Russia used from the 13th century, originally describing groups of several volosts formed around the most important cities. ... Hlukhiv, (Ukrainian: Глухів, Glukhov in Russian), is a historic city in Sumy region of Ukraine, just south from the Russian border. ... Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral in Kozelets Kozelets (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is a historic city located in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. ... Konotop is a city in northern Ukraine. ... John the Apostle Church in Nizhyn. ... Novhorod-Siverskyj (Ukrainian: ) or Novgorod-Sjeverskij (Russian: ) is a historic town in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, on the bank of the Desna River, 200 km from the capital Kiev and 45 km south from the Russian border. ... Sosnytsia (Ukrainian: ) is a townlet and administrative center of the Sosnytsky Raion (district) of the Chernihiv Oblast (province) in north-central Ukraine. ... Chernihiv (Чернігів in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów, and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov. ... Mglin (Russian: ) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudynka River 167 km west of Bryansk at . Population: 8,261 (2002 Census). ... Novozybkov is a historical city of Russia in Bryansk Oblast. ... Starodub (Стародуб in Russian; could be translated as old oak), a town in the Bryansk Oblast in Russia. ... Surazh (Russian: ) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iput River 177 km south-west of Bryansk at . Population: 12,046 (2002 Census). ...

The Chernigov Governorate covered a total area of 52,396 km², and had a population of 2,298,000, according to the 1897 Russian Empire census. In 1914, the population was 2,340,000. In 1919, the four northern uyezds were transfered to the Gomel Governorate, and in 1926 - to the Bryansk Governorate of the Russian SFSR. In 1925, the remaining territory of the Chernigov Governorate became part of Glukhov, Konotop, Nizhen, and Chernigov okrugs. Russian Empire Census of 1897 was the first and the only census carried out in the Imperial Russia. ... Bryansk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Last Chairman of the Supreme Council Boris Yeltsin Area  - Total  - % water 1st in former Soviet Union 17,075,200 km² 0. ... Okrug is a term to denote administrative subdivision in some Slavic states. ...

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